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Birthday February 19, 1902

• The temperature on February 19, 1902 was between -1.0 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
  • April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
  • June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
  • July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
  • August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
  • November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » André Breton, French poet and author († 1966)
• 1897 » Alma Rubens, American actress († 1931)
• 1899 » Lucio Fontana, Argentinian-Italian painter and sculptor († 1968)
• 1902 » Kay Boyle, American novelist, short story writer, and educator († 1992)
• 1904 » Elisabeth Welch, American-English singer and actress († 2003)
• 1904 » Havank, Dutch journalist and author († 1964)